The Honorable Mary S. Scriven

United States District Judge

Biography

Judge Mary Stenson Scriven was appointed to serve as a United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida on September 30, 2008, after serving as a Magistrate Judge for over ten years. Prior to her judicial career, Judge Scriven was a shareholder with the law firm of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., where she practiced for ten years in the Corporate Litigation and Trade Regulation Department. From December 1996 through December 1997, Judge Scriven served as an Associate Professor of Law at Stetson University College of Law, teaching in the area of Commercial Law, Remedies, Legal Malpractice, Banking Law and Contracts. She frequently lectures in trial advocacy and pretrial procedure courses. She is a former faculty member with NITA and has also served as a guest faculty member in the Masters Program for Trial Advocacy, Nottingham Law Institute, Nottingham, England. Judge Scriven is an honors graduate of Duke University and Florida State University College of Law, and in 2006, she received an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from Stetson University College of Law. Judge Scriven is married to Attorney Lansing C. Scriven and they have four children.